If you see a furry head with whiskers pop up in a local creek or wetland, it may be an otter. Or it may be a beaver.River otters were re-introduced to Western New York in the late 1990s after they ...

DES MOINES (AP) -- River otters are now legal game in Iowa for the first time since they disappeared from the state during the 1870s. The limited trapping season is the result of a successful and ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission plans to ban trapping of beavers throughout the Black Hills area where their populations have declined, while also allowing more ...

While surfing at Steamer Lane, a popular surf spot, 21-year-old Isabella Orduna felt a “nip” on her foot. She rolled into the ...

Its not all that often that a new hunting or trapping season is created for a new species. But in the last 16 years, the Pennsylvania Game Commission will have done it three times with river otters ...

The following story is a press release from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department: CHEYENNE, Wyoming — Wyoming House Bill 0045, which removes otters from protected status, took effect after Gov. Mark ...

In 2022 and 2023, surfers in Santa Cruz, California reported, and it was confirmed on video, that sea otters were swiping their surfboards by jumping on ...

SEYMOUR, Ind. | The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is considering allowing a trapping season for river otters less than two decades after the animal was reintroduced. Wildlife officials say ...

The recreational trapping season in Vermont begins on Oct. 25 and runs through March 31. This includes the use of baited ...